Band saw for fish and meat

[bugman]

Hello all,

I couldn't for the life of me think which category to put this in so I've put it in General.

Has anyone bought or used one of these. It's an elcheapo bandsaw for cutting up meat, fish etc plus has a mincer which would be handy not only to mince meat but to make burley.

I butcher a lot of my own deer and thought it would be extremely handy to have such a tool. Butcher shop equivalents sell for multi thousands of dollars but for the home application I was wondering if I could get away with these units.

Thoughts?

http://nightingaleelectrics.com.au/b...utm_medium=cpc

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Standing-...-/330747915996

http://www.gpttools.com.au/hardware/...w-w-mincer.htm

Brett

[WalFish]

Brett, my father owns one that looks exactly like the one in the evil bay link. It is about 15 years old and still does the job very well - I am pretty sure it still has the same blade on it as well. We use it to bandsaw up lamb and beef that is butchered locally. The trick is to make sure that the meat is well set before hooking in with the saw - we hang it in the coldroom for a couple of days and then turn the temp right down to -1 degree for a couple of hours. This makes it easier to make those delicate cuts as the meat doesn't fold in on itself.

[Chimo]

I have a neighbour who has a band saw blade etc business if thats of any help Brett.

Cheers
Chimo

[bugman]

Thanks guys it looks too good to pass up - I'll just have to order one and see.

Peter, Not sure if you've been up to the Granite Belt recently but the deer are in close to plague proportions. We were up over the weekend and saw 60+ in the 3 days we were there. The place is drying out but grass is really high. There's also not as much fat on the animals as this time last year.

Brett

[tunaticer]

The first one has bigger power plant.......I would probably opt for it.

I used to use a timber bandsaw for breaking carcass for many years...mainly deer, pig and goat. Never had a problem with them. The fat from the animal seals the iron table quickly and it still is rust free now even after nearly 5 yrs passing since an animal was sectored. Never once had an issue with it not being stainless steel bench top.

Then again it was a step up from using the chainsaw for breaking a bullock.